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I am not recommending this to anyone. The amount of torque being applied by myself as opposed to the initial hit from a starter is low enough that the rods wil not be damaged. And the engine is not rotating at any speed, so there is no build up of energy that has no where to go but to the rods, in the case of a running engine that just swallowed some water. You should not condem the strategy of some just because you do not understand the theory. And as far as water being in the combustion chamber, have you ever heard of methanol or water injection? This is small oamounts of a liquid that is being injected with the air/fuel mixture into the combustion chamber. By rotating the engine a couple of times manually, the water is pushed out. Then you simply blow out any existing water and drop a cap of oil in the chamber. Don't get so worked up.